Brush and utility paint box



June 9, 1936. H. NOLZEN BRUSH AND UTILITY PAINT BOX Filed Aug. 16, 1935INVENTOR. v filtialzem BY M ' ATTORNEY.

Patented June 9, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Claims.

The main object of this invention is to provide a container for paintbrushes and other necessities used by a sign painter. The paint brushesare hung in suspended position within the container or canister, and aremounted in such fashion that they will not spot the clothes of the useror the like.

The above and other objects will become apparent in the descriptionbelow in which characters of reference refer to like-named parts in thedrawing.

Referring briefly to the drawing Figure 1 is a cross sectional view thruthe canister showing the paint brush in dotted lines mounted on abracket.

Figure 2 is a front elevational View of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a top plan view of Figure 2.

Referring in detail to the drawing the numeral I0, indicates the frontwall of the canister, this canister has a bottom II, and a rear wall I2.At the upper end of the front Wall I0, an outwardly extending lip I3, isprovided. This lip has hinged sleeves I4, to which the hinges I5, of adoor I6, are secured by a pin IT. The door is retained in normallyclosed position by a curved resilient finger I8, which latter is securedto lip I3. Within the chamber I9, formed by the rear and front walls I2and II], respectively the lip I3, and the door I6, a plurality ofbrackets 20, are secured to the rear wall I2, in the compartment I9, andare adapted to suspend sign painting brushes 2!. A cover 22, has hingedsleeves 23, at its lower end. These hinged sleeves cooperate withsimilar sleeves formed at the lower portion of the rear wall I2, and arecooperatively secured by a hinged pin 24. Near the upper end of thecover 22, a shelf 23, is provided upon which accessories such as paintcans or the like may be seated. At the upper end of the cover 22, alocking hinge plate 24, is formed and is hingedly connected to thecover, and a hasp 25, cooperates with this member 24. A yoke plate 25,having a carrying loop 21, rotatably mounted thereon is secured to theupper portion 28, of thebanister. The door I8, is provided with a knob29, by which the former may be swung to open position.

The device is adapted to be used as a canister for holding paintbrushes, paint cans, and other sign painting materials. adapted to havepaint brushes such as indicated by the numeral 2|, suspended therefrom.The shelf 23, which may be more than one in number are adapted tosupport paint cans or other sign making materials.

It is to be noted that certain changes in form The brackets 20, are

and construction may be made without departing from the spirit and scopeof the invention.

I claim:

1. In a device of the class described, a container, normal uprightbrackets in said container, a cover hinged to said container, a curvedresilient finger engaging said cover and secured to said container, adoor hingedly connected to said container, a shelf on said door forsupporting materials and means for securing said door in closed positionwith respect to said container.

2. A painters tool and brush box formed with a rear wall, a bottom wallat one end of the latter, and a front wall terminating in an upwardlybent and slanting lip portion, means arranged within the box and adaptedto receive brushes therein, an elongated lid connected to one end of therear wall and below the latter, and means for securing said lid inclosed position, whereby to provide a separate enclosure at the rear ofthe box proper.

3. A painters tool and brush box formed with a rear wall, a bottom wallat one end of the latter, and a front wall terminating in an upwardlybent and slanting lip portion, a lid hingedly secured to the latter,means arranged within the box and adapted to receive brushes therein, anelongated lid hingedly connected to one end of the rear wall and belowthe latter, and means for securing said lid in closed position, wherebyto provide storage space at the rear of the box.

4. A painters tool and brush box formed with a rear wall therein, abottom wall at one end of the latter, and a front wall terminating in anupwardly bent and slanting lip portion, a lid hingedly secured to thelatter, a curved resilient finger attached to the lip and adapted tosecure said lid in closed position, means arranged within the box andadapted to receive brushes therein, an elongated lid hingedly connectedto one end of the rear wall and below the latter, and means for securingsaid lid in closed position.

5. A painters tool and brush box formed with a rear wall therein, abottom wall at one end of the latter, and a front wall terminating in anupwardly bent and slanting lip portion, a lid hingedly secured to thelatter, a curved resilient finger attached to the lip and adapted tosecure said lid in closed position, means arranged within the box andadapted to receive brushes therein, another vertical end wall oppositethe bottom wall and horizontally beneath the latter, an elongated lidhingedly connected to one end of the rear wall, and means arranged uponsaid vertical end wall for engaging and securing the elongated lid in aclosed position.

HEINRICH NOLZEN.

